Forums | E-portfolio at Athabasca University

13 November 2014, 10:50 AM

We are scheduling an upgrade for the e-portfolio site for Tuesday, November 25, 2014 between 9:00am and 12:00pm Mountain Standard Time.The e-portfolio system may be unavailable during this time.

This upgrade brings new features and security fixes. 

New Features in Mahara 1.10:

• Streamlined easier-to-use "Text" block 
• The new "Note" block retains all the removed features of the Text block 
• Streamlined rich text editor, with a toggle button to access advanced features 
• "Messaging" profile tab replaced with "Social media" tab with newer options 
• User messages can be sent to multiple recipients 
• Added a "sent" box alongside the inbox for user messages 
• Groups: "Objectionable content" button for forum posts 
• Groups: Forum moderators can relocate forum posts between forums 
• Groups: Option to auto-create a LEAP2a archive of submitted pages 
• Groups: More control over which group members receive feedback & shared page notifications 
• Admins can customize the templates used for group homepages and new user dashboards and profile pages 
• Site option to send users a notification when they're near their file storage quota 
• Site option to allow users to hide author name on Pages 
• Site admins can disable new user self-registration for all institutions

05 December 2014, 11:06 AM

Users who have added the LinkedIn block to their portfolios will need to authenticate with LinkedIn in order for the profile to be displayed.  This is due to a change in LinkedIn's API, which now requires authentication for their widget.